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What was lobbied
8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Sports/Athletics SPO
“S.84, Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2007” Title: A bill to establish a United States Boxing Commission to administer the Act, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
S.936, Fair Elections Now Act” Title: A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. Our interest in this legislate focuses on broadcast rates and political advertising. “S.1285, Fair Elections Now Act” Title: A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. Our interest in this legislate focuses on broadcast rates and political advertising. “S.1675, Local Community Radio Act of 2007” Title: A bill to implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. “S.1742, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007” Title: A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. “S.1748, Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2007” Title: A bill to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine. MM 00-167- Children’s Television Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters MM 99-325- Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service DA 01-1264- NASA Petition for Inquiry in to Network Practices WT- 05-7- The Incompatibility of Qualcomm’s Petition for Declaratory Ruling with the Administrative Procedure Act CG 02-278- Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 CG 05-338- Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 CG 05-231- Closed Captioning of Video Programming AG 05-338 – Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 MB 06-121, MB 02-277, MM 01-235, MM 01-317, MM 00-244 – Ownership – 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review – Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 MM 06-189 – Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for Delivery of Video Programming CSR-7065-Z; CS 97-80 – NCTA Request for a Limited Time Waiver of the Set-Top Box Integration Ban MB -05-317 – Waiver of Digital Testing Pursuant to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 CSR – 7058-C – Mediacom Communications Corporation’s Emergency Retransmission Consent Complaint Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005 MM Docket No. 93-1770- An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification "H.R.608, Digital Television Consumer Education Act of 2007" Title: To further inform consumers about the transition to digital television. "H.R.983, Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2007" Title: To preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking for that purpose. "H.R.1320, Interference Protection for Existing Television Band Devices Act of 2007" Title: To protect important existing television band devices in the unassigned, non-licensed television channels from harmful interference from new devices. “H.R.1597, Wireless Innovation Act of 2007” Title: To require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces. “H.R.2566, National Digital Television Consumer Education Act” Title: To provide American consumers information about the broadcast television transition from an analog to a digital format. “H.R.2738, Family and Consumer Choice Act of 2007” Title: To empower parents to protect children from increasing depictions of indecent material on television. “H.R.2802, Local Community Radio Act of 2007” Title: To implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM service. "H.R.2821, Television Freedom Act of 2007" Title: To amend section 122 of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934 to permit satellite carriers and cable operators to retransmit the signals of local television broadcast stations to their adjacent markets, and for other purposes. “H.R.2917, Transition Education Accountability Report Act of 2007” Title: To require the Federal Communications Commission to report on measures being taken to inform the public of the transition to digital format television broadcasting. "S.124, Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2007" Title: A bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. “S.234, Wireless Innovation Act of 2007” Title: A bill to require the FCC to issue a final order regarding television white spaces. “S.337, White Spaces Act of 2007” Title: A bill to require the FCC to issue a final order regarding white spaces, and for other purposes. S.760, Four Corners Television Access Act of 2007” Title: A bill to provide certain counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice. H.R.602 Title: To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
“H.R.2829, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act 2008” Title: Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Specifically, provisions in this bill that relate to funding and oversight of the FCC.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
"S.1726, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007" Title: A bill to regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other purposes. Specifically, the definition of physical presence.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
“H.R.2060, Internet Radio Equality Act” Title: To nullify the March 2, 2007, determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other purposes. “S.256, Perform Act of 2007” Title: A bill to harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses under section 112 and 114 of title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes. “S.1353, Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007” Title: A bill to nullify the determinations of the Copyright Royalty Judges with respect to webcasting, to modify the basis for making such a determination, and for other purposes. “H.R.1689, Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007” Title: To provide support to combat illegal downloading on college and university campuses.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
"S.1082, Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007" Title: An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, and for other purposes. Specifically focused on the sections relating to direct to consumer advertisments. "H.R.2900, Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007" Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes. Specifically focused on the sections relating to direct to consumer advertisments.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Homeland Security HOM
"S.1223, First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007" Title: A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes. "H.R.2331, First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007" Title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of a major disaster, and for other purposes.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
Media (information/publishing) MIA
“S.1267, Free Flow of Information Act of 2007” Title: A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. “H.R.2102, Free Flow of Information Act of 2007” Title: To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOSHUA BROWN | N/A |
| MARTIN D FRANKS | N/A |
| BRYCE HARLOW | N/A |
| ANNE LUCEY | N/A |
| JOHN S ORLANDO | N/A |
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